Comments on: My Health Insurance Nightmare

By: Ok Insurance

Ok Insurance — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:53:51 +0000

Having health insurance is more important than many people realize. Generally speaking, both people with and without coverage take health insurance for granted. Do yourself a favor and make sure that you never fall into this level of thinking. No matter who you are, it is very important that you always have some sort of health insurance coverage.

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By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:29:05 +0000

Yeah, that was a big blessing.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:21:17 +0000

Wow, that’s quite the blessing that someone decided to pay your bill for you. Amazing.. Sounds like you dodged a bullet in this situation.

I’d encourage even younger and healthier people to be wary, and consider their need for health insurance. My wife was 26 and otherwise healthy, when out of nowhere she had a catastrophic blood clot that put her in the hospital for a month, and nearly took her life. Thankfully we had good doctors and good insurance (even though we had considered not because we were both relatively young and healthy), and in the end we racked up over $250,000 in medical bills. We only had to pay about $4000 out of pocket.

If we had followed the conventional wisdom and not had insurance, it probably would have bankrupted us.

By: Can You REALLY Run Your Own Show?

Can You REALLY Run Your Own Show? — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:21:16 +0000

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By: Mr. Pilgrim

Mr. Pilgrim — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:10:31 +0000

Had a similar situation happen to me once. The hospitals would not take my wife in. I had a Dr. friend see her and we got it taken care of. I’ve had insurance ever since. Good advice.